Have any of you tried the bazooka gold traps? If so, how did it compare to the standard riffled box?
I have just started to use a sluice for gold recovery and started with a foldable Kleen A52 clone that I could pack in (I had to modify this to keep it straight when is use as it wanted to dip were it would fold, I just drill some extra holes with some bolts & wing nuts to hold it together). I went out with someone else who had a BGT 48" Prospector & a Mini. Way easier to use the BGT's as far as clean outs go ( just dump out into a bucket or your pan and get back to moving material). now the problem with the BGT"s are the amount of water flow needed, with any sluice the small you go the less water you need but the more classifying needed. I have a 30" Prospector that I can shove directly into with out classifying while the Super Mini I have works better with some classifying unless I go really slowly with a hand trowel.
Alewis, here is my backpack set up that I readjusted to haul both my BGTs (30" Prospector & Super Mini).
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I haven't took it out in the field just wore it around the shop since it was raining cats & dogs outside, It took a couple of tries to get the weight distribution better. My usual load that'll go into this is the 2 BGT's, a 2-3 5gal buckets, 2 pans, 2 classifiers, a pair of short & long rubber gloves, mini military style folding shovel, waders (hip or chest), machete/saw combo, rock hammer, rain ponco, gortex rain pants, 50' 3/8" rope, 50' para cord, couple of extra boot laces (they work great to tie stuff down to the pack also), water purifier (MSR pump), folding mini camp stove w/sterno can, water proof matches & a flint fire striker, sm cooking pot, tin cup, freeze dried food (depends on length of trip +1 day), some snack bars and of course a first aid kit. Depending on where and when I go, I may stay in the back of my 4dr Jeep, take a bivy tent or just under the rain ponco set up as a rain fly.
wouldnt it just be easier to get a mule... lol
Tweeta like you have room to talk by the look of your avatra. Lol
the past few times ive been out i have cleaned out my BGT into a five gallon bucket, reset up the BGT and then run what i just cleaned out of it back through, it helps get rid of a lil nore lighter material plus it gives me an idea of what ive collected, its really cool to see all that gold on the deck at one time!
I was thinking about this the other day. Since I always build a dam I could set the Super Mini & the Prospector up a few feet apart. After I clean out the Prospector I could have one of my kids run it through the Super Mini while I keep working.